Pride (In the Name of Love)

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single song

"Pride (In the Name of Love)" is a 1984 U2 anthem honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrating the struggle for civil rights through soaring rock instrumentation and politically charged lyrics.

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Surface form Occurrences
Pride (In the Name of Love) (song, as drummer of U2) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ
artist U2 ⓘ
bassist Adam Clayton ⓘ
chartPerformance UK Singles Chart top 5 ⓘ
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: US Billboard Hot 100 top 40
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
describedAs anthemic ⓘ
politically charged ⓘ
soaring rock song ⓘ
drummer Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ
genre anthem rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
rock ⓘ
guitarist The Edge ⓘ
hasBside Boomerang II ⓘ
includedIn U2 ⓘ
surface form: U2 live setlists
inspiredBy American civil rights movement ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
key B major ⓘ
label Island Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:48 ⓘ
lyricSubject American civil rights movement ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Donald Cammell ⓘ
notableLyric In the name of love ⓘ
One man come in the name of love ⓘ
onAlbumSide Side A ⓘ
partOf The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ
performer U2 ⓘ
producer Brian Eno ⓘ
Daniel Lanois ⓘ
recordedAt Slane Castle ⓘ
Windmill Lane Studios ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1984 ⓘ
releaseDate 1984-09-03 ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
theme Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ
trackNumber 2 ⓘ
vocalist Bono ⓘ
writer Adam Clayton ⓘ
Bono ⓘ
Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ
The Edge ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Songs of Surrender → featuresReimaginedVersionOf → Pride (In the Name of Love) ⓘ
Rattle and Hum → hasPart → Pride (In the Name of Love) ⓘ
U2 → notableSong → Pride (In the Name of Love) ⓘ
The Edge → notableSongwritingContribution → Pride (In the Name of Love) ⓘ
Larry Mullen Jr. → notableWork → Pride (In the Name of Love) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pride (In the Name of Love) (song, as drummer of U2)